Economic Cooperation Administration
The Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) (1948 - 1951) was an agency of the U.S. government created to administer the Marshall Plan in 1948. Reporting to both the Department of Commerce and the State Department, the ECA maintained offices in the capitals of all sixteen countries that participated in in the Marshall Plan. The agency existed until 1951, when the Mutual Security Agency succeeded it, and is one of the predecessors of the United States Agency for International Development.
Pre-war isolationism to post-war imperialism.
Principales Activités Françaises Bénéficiaires du Plan Marshall.
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This is a striking 1950 map of France published by the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) to highlight the achievements of the Marshal Plan - which at the time was in progress. The Marshall Plan was a post-World War II American-run economic stimulus initiative that infused some 13 billion USD into the Western European economy. While the effectiveness of the Marshall Plan has been debated, the inauguration of the plan marked a transition of American foreign policy from pre-war isolationism to post-war economic imperialism. The imperialist message underpinning this map is not subtle, with the map of France set against a backdrop of, and wholly contained within, an American Flag. (more details)